The Fire TV loses access to its YouTube app on Jan. 1, Google said. Amazon has sold that device for longer than the Echo Show, meaning more customers may now be affected.
Google turns off/removes that capability - how are these customers not financially harmed, and how is this not class-action lawsuit worthy?
This is why I don't buy Google devices. Seriously.
More reason for the DOJ to break up the horrible Google monopoly.
This sort of thing is really sort of stupid and short-sighted on the part of them both. People have come to regard their online devices as being much like a tv for many uses, and complicating or cutting access to content is not doing them any favors. People will migrate to where they get what they want without being subject to such tantrums. Imagine if Comcast or Cox cable were feuding with Samsung and blocked access to Samsung televisions. That’s how this will come across to many of their subscribers and it won’t play well. Won’t stand for long, either.
Google complains about Amazon not selling Google devices. Google retaliates by immolating itself by cutting off YouTube. Google seems to think it is too big and too important and would be “missed” by the public if it wasn’t available. It isn’t. It won’t.
Good! More lib on lib action. Lots of scratching, windmilling and hair pulling and rabbit punches.
screw google
You tube will win that fight. If the device won’t access you tube, people will reject the device.
Both Fire and iTunes have device cast, so whatever I can stream on my tablet I can watch on the Samsung. There are too many ways to get around this.
Wonder if this includes YouTubeTV?
Google vs. Amazon.
Like Hitler vs. Stalin.
I despise and detest Google. Not that I have any love lost for YouTube either (See what they continually do to conservative content) but THIS is exactly the kind of thing we get from leftist companies, and we will see more of it.
Google is Evil. One thing that sticks out at me is ‘NEST (our sister company)...’ - I have been wanting for a while to see ALL of the companies that Google owns - and then choose to NOT use them/buy them/stay away from them. Google is constantly extending its tentacles across the globe with monitoring and scraping all kinds of Internet access and now much more so with their Voice and other Internet-Of-Things products. All to capture what we do/say/like/feel/view/want.
Someone needs to comprise the list and broadcast it far and wide - “This is how many places Google can gather information about you with their products”
Both Amazon and Google function on policies of “Net neutrality for thee, not me”.
“Alexa, dial 9-1-1”
Hitler vs Stalin
Devices with browsers can still access Youtube content.
Most users have more than one device. If access to a particular content is denied on one, they probably have alternatives, if they really, really want to watch that new cat video.
Google does seem to be shooting itself in the foot with this silliness. It reminds me of my cable company occasionally fighting with local TV stations or some networks and blocking their programming for a while. We know they will eventually settle and we know we will see a cable bill increase in the near future.